In the spotlight: the "historic low turnout" of Chileans in regional elections
In the region of Santiago de Chile, one in four voters voted in regional elections.
(Illustrative image) © AP / Aliosha Marquez
Text by: Camille Marigaux
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It is the title of
La Tercera
which specifies that in the metropolitan region of the capital, only one in four voters voted, enough to relativize the victory of the candidate of the left, Unidad Constituyente, Claudio Orrego, now governor of Santiago. For the electoral expert Mauricio Morales, questioned by the daily, the abstention is explained by "
the fatigue of the citizens because of an excess of elections in a very short time
". Located just between the referendum on the Constituent Assembly and the next presidential election, these regional elections could be considered a second-rate ballot.
The debacle for the right-wing parties interests
El Mostrador
.
While the defeat of last May in the constituent elections could be attributed to the government and to President Sebastian Piñera, the daily notes, with regard to these regional elections, the failure would rather fall on the right-wing and center-right coalition, which comes out very diminished.
Defeat "
which could happen again
" in the next legislative and presidential elections.
In Peru, eight days after the second round of the presidential election, the results seem to be clearer
"
The scales are in Pedro Castillo's favor
," says
La República
. Perú Libre's candidate is said to be ahead of Fuerza Popular rival Keiko Fujimori by around 49,000 votes, according to the latest figures from the National Office for Electoral Processes. It is the
"home straight
", according to
El Comercio
, even if the announcement of the final results also depends on the National Electoral Jury which examines the appeals for fraud filed by the right-wing candidate.
The Nobel Prize for Literature Mario Vargas Llosa reacted on Sunday, he wonders if he would not be more careful, "
as long as the Jury has not made a decision, not to use the word fraud
".
A word "
very dangerous
" according to the writer who nevertheless supported Keiko Fujimori.
The author nevertheless considers that the coming to power of Pedro Castillo would be "
a disaster
", relates
La Razon
.
Former Bolivian President Jeanine Añez speaks from the prison where she is being held
On her 54th birthday, she published a photo of a handwritten letter on social networks, in which she denounces her imprisonment which began on March 12.
Several dailies relay his message such as
Correo del Sur
, who quotes Jeanine Añez: "
The MAS, the presidential party, has decided that the trophy of its revenge be held in prison, and that's where I am, celebrating. my birthday, but also after 90 days as a political prisoner
”.
Los Tiempos
cites for his part the former Minister of Justice Alvaro Coimbra, who assures that there is no element to justify this detention, and that the judiciary as well as the public prosecutor are "
a shame for the country
".
In Nicaragua, new arrests within the opposition
The regime continues "
its hunt
" against the opposition, in defiance of the condemnations by the international community, which demanded the release of all those who have already been arrested, we can read in
La Prensa
.
The daily was able to reach Hugo Torres while his house was surrounded by the police, and recalls that this Sandinista dissident is the only guerrilla who participated in the two major military operations of the FSLN against the dictator Somoza at the end of the 1970s: the capture of Chema Castillo's home and that of the National Palace.
He is also one of the rare fighters to have participated in the release of Daniel Ortega from his prison in 1974. In his video before being arrested, Hugo Torres regrets that the president is turning against him: “
But life is like this , those who once embraced these principles have betrayed them today
”.
In Argentina, a new step in the investigation into the death of Diego Maradona
Among the seven people suspected of being involved in the death of the man nicknamed "El Pibe de Oro" are his personal doctor and a psychiatrist accused of having
"abandoned him to his fate
", recalls the site
Diarios de Las Americas
, which quotes AFP.
All are being prosecuted for having prescribed "
inadequate, deficient, reckless
"
treatment
.
These hearings were postponed by two weeks because of the new wave of Covid-19 which hit the capital.
The investigation therefore resumes at the headquarters of the Attorney General in San Isidro in Buenos Aires.
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